faults of my native land; but he will not therefore question the fervour of my patriotism. A judicious critic in the Spectator-I cannot help saying judicious, since he praised my book—says pertinently of the present writer:-"His narrative has that greatest of charms that he entirely sympathises in his heart even with the weaknesses which his intellect confesses. Indeed, the early chapters of the first volume, in which he describes the State of New Hampshire during his boyhood, are perfectly idylic. In conclusion, we heartily recommend Dr. Nichols's book. It is thoroughly amusing, instructive, and everywhere racy of the soil of which it treats.”*

Hoping I may find readers as appreciative, and critics as kind, for my next and future books, as for the present and the past, and intending to be as just to England as I have tried to be to America, I pray that both may have no end of peace and honour, prosperity and glory.

MALVERN, November, 1874.

The Spectator, March 19, 1864.